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I was trying to write a little favelet that loops through a bunch of HTML elements on any page and finds all the id values. Once it’s done, it inserts it into the start of the page for info. Why am I doing this? I wanted to get some stats about what ids we use [...]

So, this is one of those caring, sharing geeky posts. When you apply borders to text inputs in CSS (to remove those bevelled edges you get by default) using input {border:1px solid gray;} … or whatever, it always messes up radio buttons and checkboxes.
One solution is to use attribute selectors, like so: input [type="text"] {border:1px [...]

I recently picked up a copy of Professional CSS – aka "the Where’s Durstan book" – somewhat overdue, it should be noted! I was having a read through the chapter regarding style switching and found myself wanting to tweak the code I was looking at. What was wrong with the code/markup? Actually, nothing major, [...]

This is an experiment to see if it’s possible to selectively print sections of a large document usings CSS print styles after the page has loaded without affecting the on-screen display.
Why might you use this? Well, the inspiration came from a page of interest rates from banking and savings products. Customers have often complained that [...]